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RFG angry at French rail plan

Britain's Rail Freight Group says that it is unhappy at French Government proposals to restructure its railways, bringing infrastructure manager RFF and incumbent operator SNCF into a single organisation. It says that the planned Groupement d’Infrastructure Unique (single infrastructure group) will manage the infrastructure, the timetable and maintenance and renewals of the network. RFG believes that such a plan will kill competition and ensure that SNCF retains an increasing monopoly ... [+]